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How to Find Meaningful Work as a Writer Indiana Lee 7.28.21 Keep in mind that you don’t have to box yourself into a certain set of beliefs. Freelancing in Multiple Career Fields: What You Need To Know Indiana Lee 7.7.21 Just because you’ve primarily focused on writing, that doesn’t mean you can’t bolster your income with photography, graphic design, or editing. Eric Adams needs to be the next Mayor of New York City - James Campion 7.4.21 I need to state first for the record, if I haven’t already over the nearly quarter century I have written this column, that I love New York City more than almost anything. Honestly ... When Biafra Finally Comes 6/21/21 Chief Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe The bloodletting on the streets of Imo State must be stopped forthwith, and a new narrative engendered regarding the Biafra conflict. Climate Fiction Rules Sam Hawksmoor 6.1.21 Flood, famine, storms, methane, species extinction, humanity at risk ... these are the tools of writers everywhere now. If you're not writing about the climate, you're not living in the real world. Roadblocks Freelancers Encounter when Purchasing a Home Indiana Lee 5.30.21 There are quite a few hurdles that you’re going to have to overcome on your way to homeownership Vaccines, CDC, & The Natural Order of Things - James Campion 5.15.21 So, I’m halfway home. The wife and I got the first Moderna shot a few weeks ago. On the twenty-seventh day of May 2021, we shall be vaccinated. Freedom to enjoy life again beckons... How to Design a Productive Home Office Space When You Have Roommates Indiana Lee While remote work was already becoming more popular, the pandemic caused a sudden “boom” in work-from-home employees. 5 Ways to Become a Great Writer Jamie Ann To become a great writer, you must embrace the power of imagination. Take A Deep Breath Murli Menon 5.3.21 Stess levels are constantly increasing as recent events have revealed. When there is mass fear fuelled by external events, inner balance gets lost.Our Monster Fixation James Campion What Godzilla vs. Kong Tells Us About Our Times There's No Place Like Grandma's Home Malcom Graham “How you doin’, suga’?” She inquires as I plop a kiss on her cheek, her sweet voice oozing over me like golden rivers of honey. As the phrase enters my ears, I’m flooded with waters of comfort and belonging, belonging like the way syrup pools over pancakes. How Can a Writer Find Inspiration When Writing In Their Home? Jamie Ann As a writer, you may lack inspiration at times. Fortunately, there are different ways to get the inspiration that you need to get you going. Opportunities Presented by Self-Driving Cars for Digital Nomads Indiana Lee As remote work becomes the new normal, carmakers are also designing vehicles with built-in WiFi, workspaces, and all the tools that digital nomads need to thrive. Vaccinated!! Walli F. Leff When Covid-19 arrived in the U.S. life turned into a whole new ball game. Determined not to get sick or die from this vicious new virus or infect anybody else with it, my husband and I quickly adapted to the rules. Wherever They Fit (and They Will) Lauren Curry My life one book at a time ... Navy Brat Katie Robison 3.14.21 “Oh, so you’re a Navy Brat.” How many times has this label landed on me? The speaker’s eyes always light up, as if it’s some great revelation. Trapped in Bubblegum Pink Olivia Rosado People say I shouldn’t be able to remember the accident so vividly, but I do. About Writing a First Draft Sam Hawksmoor 3.11.21 I have just finished the first draft of a new novel. Lockdown does wonders for the concentration, however this particular story started life quite a few years ago. Improving Healthcare Accessibility for Digital Nomads Indiana Lee 3.9.21 Having sufficient healthcare coverage is no longer a choice for Americans. If you don’t acquire health insurance, you may face significant financial penalties come tax time. The Importance of Having a Dedicated Writing Space - Indiana Lee From creativity to avoiding distractions, personalization to intense focus, there are many reasons to dedicate a specific environment to your writing. Navigating 2021 Tax Season as a Freelancer Indiana Lee Take a deep breath and get organized Observations on Things Learned During the Pandemic Martin Green We learned that every delivery would contain a surprise. Observations on the Worst and Best of Times Martin Green in California - January 1st 2021 I think us oldsters have a perspective on things that younger people may not Knowledge Overload? - Learn to Filter - Sara Troy 3.1.21 There is so much information out there, that it is hard to know what we should hear and what to dismiss. Remembering Barry Lopez Jeff Beyl The author of Arctic Dreams dies at 75 How Telehealth Can Help Your Freelance Lifestyle Indiana Lee Telehealth is growing at a rapid pace, and freelancers are among those who stand to benefit the most. 5 Ways to Improve Work-Life Balance While Working from Home Lena Hemsworth Structure and planning at home The View From 90: Adventures in Fall Martin Green takes stock of October to Early December as Trump loses and Vaccine wins Climate Emergency Solutions Nick Millman Why we need to fight to save our Planet Helen Reddy at the County Fair Jeff Beyl Helen Reddy died. I recently watched the new film, I Am Woman, and I learned more about her life and her music. Her death made me sad. I have been thinking about her lately. The Importance of Writing from Experience Indiana Lee Mark Twain famously said to “write what you know.” ... it’s a good piece of advice to keep in mind The European low-cost airlines - how can they be so cheap to fly? Nick Millman Will you miss Ryanair when it's gone? Will The 737 Ever Get off the Ground Again? Nick Millman The Causes/Issues of the Boeing 737 Max Crashes 5 Tips When You're Going From Freelance to Full Time Indiana Lee Essential Work Survival Tools The Beauty of Cancel Culture James Campion The Search for Real History - Of course, taking down statues or challenging their import is not the same as wiping out or rewriting history. Time Management Skills for Writers Indiana Lee Writing consists of many things. It’s a way to record personal thoughts, communicate with the world, make a living, voice opinions, report facts — but above all, writing is a lifestyle. Things that I think about when I water the hydrangeas. - Sam North Is sudden retirement about to happen to you? The Ant & The Grasshopper: A Pandemic Fable Martin Green - And the winner is ... How Writing Is Good For Your Physical & Mental Health - Indiana Lee Words are about more than just communicating with others; they’re about turning inward, connecting with your own mind, spirit, and body. Simple Ways Writers Can Benefit from Technology Indiana Lee As a writer, everything starts with your hardware. How Writers Can Utilize Marketing Tools To Expand Their Personal Brand Indiana Lee if you want to have your written voice heard, sooner or later you need to seek out the limelight. In a Creative Rut? Some Exercises & Actions To Improve Your Writing Indiana Lee There are many ways to keep that creative spark alive and well Habits for Writers to Embrace in the Time of Social Distancing Indiana Lee How safe is your workspace? How clean is your immediate environment? How can a writer stay healthy while still focusing on your work? 'Little Richard' Wayne Penniman 1932 - 2020 James Campion Black. Gay. Primitive. Showbiz. Inventive. Influential. Penitent. Little Richard was all of these. Lockdown at 90: Martin Green's lockdown diary I wrote at the end of March that I wondered what the next month would bring.  The answer was that it brought a full-blown pandemic upon the world and to the United States.    Lockdown at 90 Martin Green 4.13.20 It had been three weeks since the governor of our state, California, had ordered that, first oldsters like me, and then everyone, choose your phrase--- shelter in place, self-isolate, stay home. Adam Schlesinger - 1967-2020 James Campion Where do you start to encapsulate an artist who was everywhere and nowhere? Living with a Liar: My Experience with Dyslexia Alice Ohlandt Learning how to work with, instead of against, my trickster, dyslexia Deja Vu all over again Sam North Reflections on imagining a pandemic A Hapa in Hawaii Nalani Roe For the first time in my life, I was with kids who, despite our differences, shared the same cultural experiences. Nonprofit Management & Social Media Marketing Tips - Indiana Lee 3.3.20 There are plenty of ways to go about nonprofit marketing in an effective, above-board manner. Catholicism Brian Appleton A boyhood in Italy - There were three other Catholic priests who were important in my childhood ... No Dancing in the Aisle on this Bus Michael Chacko Daniels 2.24.20 “Seniors, wait till the bus stops before you get up to get off; every 19 minutes a senior dies in America from a fall,” the driver says. Cheaters Prosper James Campion 1.17.20 A Guide For Our Children ...they were granted immunity to come clean. They did. They told MLB that they all cheated, all season, and during the playoffs. The Day My Father Died James Campion + Readers Comments I will always remember. It was sunny. A Saturday. Crisp autumn temperatures. Three days after his eighty-first birthday. My brother called from North Carolina. It was time. Cruise LLAs and TGHs Martin Green Life's Little Annoyances and Things Guaranteed to Happen when Cruising at Sea The Boeing 737 MAX Nick Millman One year on from the fated flight of Oct 29th 2018 The Photograph Guy Edwards ...journalistic photographs can and have wielded awesome power over society. But what of the motives of the photographers ... Open Letter To My Wife IV James Campion 6.13.19 Two months after that you moved into my hovel and transformed a boy into a man and a mostly directionless heart into one with a laser beam focus. Subject: Worst Vacation Ever From: Allen Cook 6.5.19 It was a vacation from hell. It even started bad ... Goodbye Tyrel Nelson Saying goodbye to Hotel Taselotzin - Year after year I lead volunteer trips to attempt to do some good in the world. Esclave in Utero James Campion A Users Guide to Life After Roe v Wade Goes Down - Women’s bodies will affectively be considered slaves to the state. Abortion will result in jail time. Observations on Life and Surviving it Martin Green Celeste says she’s in touch with my guardian angel and can give me a tarot reading 15 Skittles Sydney Moreano - living with diabetes A medical timeout in volleyball is just three minutes. And unless a player’s injury is painstakingly obvious like a broken ankle, most referees do a lengthy interrogation to find out if the timeout is medically necessary. Shades of Psychedelia Guy Edwards It is often said that if you can remember the 1960’s you probably weren’t there. This I suppose means that for some, the whole or part of the decade was lost in a blur of drugs, promiscuity, pop music and peace demonstrations. The Attempted Murder of the Planet & The Merry Human Virus James Campion on Earth Day April 22nd We mean well, or we think we do – but we still merrily burn fossil fuels and use plastic all over the joint and eat animals who are filling the ozone with methane. Seduced: Max and I Go to the Rose Bowl Paul Michelson Once Washington’s spot in the game was assured, I knew what I’d hear: “We should go,” my son Max said. “Who knows if we’ll get a chance again?” The Minivan Circle of Life Jennie Garman Vans -- my stepfather has always driven minivans. They - much like him - were old and colossal with unsolvable issues he didn’t care enough about to fix. The Mueller Report & Me Martin Green ...maybe there were two reports as Fox and CNN seemed to be reporting on different things. On the subject of pain Sam Hawksmoor For the last year I have been struggling to write a novel about pain.  The choice of subject was influenced by a sustained attack of fibromyalgia Cablevision Monopoly & The Moral Imperative Or…The Death of Choice in The Cyber Age 3.25.19 James Campion if we want access to the Internet – let that read, phones, web service, television, ANYTHING… we need to use Cablevision. Why Peace Will Forever Elude Us Robert Levin Although the guises may differ, people who study history are no less doomed to repeat it than those who don’t. International Womens' Day Celebration Adewale T Akande Think Equal, Build Smart and Innovate For Change - 'Investing in women is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do' Five Ceilings and a Damp Course Sam North This is the unromantic story of a downsizer who bought a house which promptly fell on his head. Today, in the Holy Roman Empire kab The Emperors of Rome loved to build stuff. They built bridges across rivers, so they could invade and conquer whoever was on the other side. And they built walls to keep out those peoples they hadn’t conquered just yet. ______________________________________ Get Qualified in the Mental Health Economy https://www.psychologydegrees.org/ https://www.socialworkdegrees.org/

Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind   Site search Web search Sudden Republican About-Face on Vaccines Explained James Campion 7.23.21 Nearly seven out of ten Republicans refuse to be vaccinated. These are mostly the voter base of the party – white and uneducated, or what is left of this cult. Do the math. The Overrated Crime Narrative James Campion 7.10.21 Backlash To Shitty Policing & Right-Wing Paranoia Fuels Myth The Joe Biden Bipartisan Fantasy James Campion 6.14.21 & The Waning Progressive Patience - neither party has any desire, or political motivation, to compromise or even reluctantly work together for some of the most important measures in front of us The Not-So Curious Case of Liz Cheney James Campion Wyoming Congresswoman at The GOP Fault LineBiden at the Century Mark James Campion The First 100 Days in Our National Recovery The key element of Biden’s first 100 days is his restocking the business of government – the gutted state department, the eviscerated diplomacy tract, politicized justice department, embattled intelligence community ... Low Bar Anomaly James Campion Where We Are After Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict This is as cold-blooded and open-and-shut case as you can get, irrespective of race or civic duty. This was murder America: The Violence Problem James Campion 4.19.21 History, Legacy, Inhumanity & Stupidity -We are a nation forged in blood. Violence is our thing. America, as stated here time and again, is the great human experiment. Let's Talk Filibuster James Campion This is the fun time in American politics. The gloves are off. And when the gloves come off, the real fighting begins. Andrew Cuomo On The Brink James Campion 3.13.21 N.Y. Governor Clings to Power in Doomland - The Me Too movement is now calling the shots in the Democratic Party, and what is considered “Locker Room Humor” or “Boys Being Boys” in Republican circles is anathema around these parts. The Politics of Money James Campion 3.05.21 The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill – A Perspective People are still hurting. Businesses, even if opened in states like Texas and Florida, have already endured heartache and will be courting wary customers whose trust in politicians is shaken. Can you blame them? The Lone Star State Disaster James Campion 2.19.21 Rugged Individualism Meets God’s Wrath & Loses - Texas has a plan: Do Not Have Anything To Do With Anything Beyond Our Borders. And that plan works for them, until it doesn’t, and now it isn’t. The Real Victims of 'THE BIG LIE'. James Campion 2.12.21 Members of Cult Terrorists Pay the Price for Political Theater Being suckered or brainwashed or riled up by the ravings of a megalomaniac is as common a human trait as love, jealousy, fear, and hate. It is baked into our DNA The Great Voter Migration James Campion The Future of Southern Politics  The Devil You Know is perhaps the most important political theory book of the past two decades. It summarizes the foundation of the Black voter explosion that helped culminated in over eighty million votes for President Joe Biden The New Guy James Campion Joe Biden’s Bid to Exorcise Bad Faith Politics - A few minutes after the nifty “unity” speech, Biden went to work ... To Purge or Not to Purge James Campion 1.15.21 This is Mitch McConnell’s Dilemma The Final Days of Donald Trump James Campion MAGA will forever stand for Terrorism. Racism. Fascism. Destruction Looking Forward to 2021? Sam Hawksmoor What's your plan for the year ahead? Legal Weed New Jersey James Campion 12.19.20 It was the will of the people, who voted two-to-on on November 3 to amend the state constitution and make weed legal. Explaining The Trump Coup & GOP Terrorism James Campion This is an actual event that is happening in the United States of America, today, as I write this – not Venezuela or Cuba or Russia or Iran or North Korea, or Germany in 1933. America. Now. How Did It All Start - Spanish Politics 101 James Skinner Freedom's light goes out in Spain The Final Reckoning of an American Enemy James Campion Donald Trump Ramps Up His Exit Destruction The Predicable Outcome of the 2020 Election James Campion After All, Things Pretty Much Went According to Plan - Seriously. Is anyone surprised at the outcome of this election. Really? Donald Trump Is Finished James Campion 11.7.20 Fascist Game Show Has Been Cancelled Resitance Is Legion James Campion 10.31.20 This is the time for that Voice. One like no other. This is the moment to stand against the tide of authoritarian madness... Spain drifts towards Venezuelan Rules James Skinner The Forty-Year Political Cycle dooms Spain Disqualify James Campion 10.24.20 The Issue That Makes Donald Trump An Enemy of The State - He should not be president, he should be in prison. Senior Citizen Exodus James Campion The Final Bell Tolls for Trump & Republicans  Donald Trump trails seniors nationally by 20 points! No Republican candidate has failed to capture this most vital voting block in my lifetime; not even Gerald Ford The Predicatable Grand Pivot James Campion Doomed Republicans Begin Scurrying Off the Sinking Trump Ship - Trump is finished. And the rats are abandoning ship. Fast. The Week Trump Got Covid-19 James Campion When Poetic Justice Makes It’s 2020 Presidential Election Appearance - a hilariously immaculate example of the cruel dynamics found in the universal code of karma Orwellian Spain James Skinner The law of Democratic Memory seeks to obliterate history R.I.P. Women's Rights, Healthcare, Reform James Campion The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Heralds the End of Progressivism Make no mistake the very idea of a progressive moment ended the moment Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stopped breathing. Bankrupt Again James Campion 9.18.20 Trump Campaign is Dead Broke and Headed for Defeat  - Trump took his flaying on ABC because he is losing Pennsylvania, like he is losing Michigan and Wisconsin and also Arizona, and not as badly, but bad enough ... Donald Trump's Gravest Sin James Campion President Withholds Vital Info on Pandemic, Leading to 200,000 Dead - There is now a recording of the president of the United States admitting to Bob Woodward that he was fully aware of the deadly severity of Covid-19 Anguished Cry of the Wounded Banshee - James Campion A Week in the Opening Political Death Throes of Donald J. Trump - Trump has taken his perpetual campaigning routine and ramped it up in a bizarre series of spastic flailing the likes of which the electorate has rarely seen... 9.9.20 This Is Not 2016 James Campion 8.22.20 A Stroll Through The Difference Four Years Make - Trump is the status quo ... The nation is suffering its worst economic collapse because of a deadly pandemic the president still does not admit is even happening. The Kamala Harris Factor James Campion Gratuitous, Strategic, Historic VP Choice Vote! 8.8.20 James Campion Forget Excuses, Ignore the Noise, Bring the Pain Donald J. Trump has to go. Thus, I have spent and will continue to spend all of my energy in this space and beyond to help make that happen. So far, if the polls are to be believed, it is on its way to becoming reality. Trump & Russia - The Last Chapter James Campion 8.1.20 The weird, bizarre and dangerous history between the current president of the United States and Russia, specifically its tyrannical president Vladimir Putin, took another odd turn this week ... Trump Police State James Campion 7.24.20 The Final Vestige of a Fascist Game Show Host President The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help.’ - President Ronald Reagan, 8, 12, 86 Our government is now at war with us. We will win this war ... The House is On Fire James Campion Douse the Flames, Save the Property, Worry About Politics Later - The current president is presiding over a three-alarm fire. The entire country – domestic, health, economic, moral, legal and foreign affairs are a complete and utter disaster. William Barr's Criminal Syndicate James Campion The Systemic Anarchy of The Final Days of Trump - In the past year, Barr has flouted the very foundation of law because in the certain circles Barr and Trump are the law. The Untouchable Triumvirate James Campion Military, Religion, Police - as a democratic premise it is horrifying that these three institutions have been mostly above oversight or even simply questioning. “PSYCHOPATH WITH A BIBLE” James Campion 6.5.20 A Photo as Microcosm of a Weird, Dying Presidency Odd. Staged. Cryptic. Grotesque. Defiant. Stoic. Vacant. The image is all of these and so much more. Eric Garner Is George Floyd Is Murder James Campion “I Can’t Breathe” Part II The Political Implosion of Spain James Skinner 22.05 Political Fallout from Covid Lockdown Get Out There and Save The Day James Campion Time for Americans to Risk Their Lives For the Good Ole U.S.A. - ... it’s time we save the idiot and the idiot’s country by putting our and our families’ lives at risk. Have a nice summer. The World’s New Frenemy: Zoom Grace Samuelson Zoom Life will be the new normal? States' Rights Reversal in the Age of Madness James Campion National Leadership Vacuum Pushes Us Through the Political Looking Glass - “When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that's the way it's gotta be. It's total.” Trump is Failing Crisis Test James Campion The president, this poor excuse for a human being, is failing. And it is costing us the very fabric of this country; morally and economically. Accountability for the Prescription Drug Crisis: Have Amends Been Made? Indiana Lee Across the country, individuals, lawmakers, and insurance companies alike are calling for accountability from pharmaceutical companies, in greater numbers. How Much Longer? James Campion 3.20.20 How long can we endure curfews? Restrictions? Isolation? - There is no America without money flowing freely. Freedom? This is what we call buying stuff. Coronavirus: Donald Trump's Katrina James Campion 3.13.20 To slap some lipstick on this pig, he put on a baseball cap and lied about everyone being able to get a test for it. Hardly anyone can be tested. Epidemics and Modern Society Indiana Lee 3.9.20 If our understanding and technology are so good, why do some diseases continue to pop up? The Lazarus Week James Campion Joe Biden Rises from Political Oblivion to Become Democratic Frontrunner in One Insane Week Fascism 101 James Campion 02.21.20 The Swift Erosion of Democracy in Living Color - The most formidable faction of our legislative branch has been severely compromised by fear and a lust for keeping power The Bernie Problem 14.02.20 James Campion Democratic Primaries Kick Off with Chaos & Fear - Will the Youth Vote stick with him and come out in November? Impeachment Follies James Campion 2.3.20 Another Element of Governing Where No One Wins - Impeachment is hard. There have only been three in the nearly 244 years of this nation’s existence America Alone James Campion 1.10.20 Welcome to the New Age of Isolation, Apathy & Defeat Seems like most of this presidency’s maneuvers are knee-jerk, ad-hoc, half-ass WTF kinds of things that end up in ranting tweets and Nuremburg type rallies The Iran Mistake James Campion 1.3.20 Forget Impeachment, Crimes, Lying, Stupidity: We are at the brink of war with Iran. The executive branch is at war with Congress. The Senate and the House are at war. A game show host is in charge of all this. - Welcome to 2020. Not All Republicans Are For Trump James Campion + Readers Responses Mass Exodus of GOP in Congress Tell a Different Tale - Gordon Sondland - The Human Carpet Bomb James Campion Trump Supporter & EU Ambassador Buries Everyone in Key Impeachment Testimony - The Bill Taylor Angle James Campion 11.15.19 How a Lifetime Ambassador Frames the Trump/Ukraine Scandal - Another Fine Mess in Spain James Skinner 16.11.19 Election gamble fails Pedro Sanchez has no clear path to rule GOP, The Rule or Law & The Wrong Side of History James Campion10.28.19 Trump’s Guilt is Absolute, So Who Will (or Won’t) Do Something About It? What indeed happens to a nation where there are those who see the crime, casually ignore it, play politics with it, and then systemically allow it? President Terrorist James Campion 10.17.19 Trump’s Attack on American Interests in the Middle East Sets Up Next 9/11 Trump Doctrine: Cause an international crisis, like taking North Korea to the brink of war on Twitter, then capitulating with a deal that give a tyrant the store and claim victory. Does Donald Trump Want To Be Impeached? James Campion Yes or No - the reasons why the White House madness continues Game Show Host + Presidency = Impeachment - James Campion History is a bitch and it has come calling for Donald J. Trump. - Well, of course. How else could this possibly end? It was only a matter of time that this abomination of a presidency would finally sink us into a constitutional crisis and wind up in the embarrassment of impeachment. Hatred On Parade James Campion The Rise of White Nationalism & the Ongoing Threat of Domestic Terrorism 8.16.19 + Readers Responses 9.23.19 It has been clear from day-one that Donald Trump is working on some level of racial paranoia The Woodstock Miracle & The Aging of Aquarius August 15th-18th 1969 James Campion During the weekend hours that passed in that field in Bethel, New York, the world got to see the best of the human spirit – not by conquest or violence, our favorite pastimes, but sharing, caring, singing and imbibing. Lots and lots of imbibing. Tinsel Town Terror & The Demonizing of the Drug Culture James Campion 8.2.19 One Night in Hollywood In the wee hours on the morning of August 9, 1969 Charles Milles Manson slipped over the high steel black fencing of 10050 Cielo Drive, Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles. JULY 20, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing at 50 7.20.19 + Readers Responses 7.29.19 From a six year-old’s perspective, this whole concept is kind of out there. 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